<p>Okay, so I have a theory (simply based on MY knowlegde which is limited). The reason accepted students get their letters first is because they were evaluated by only one college and accepted, thus allowing their process to end more quickly. Rejected students/waitlisted students move on to their second and maybe even third choice of colleges. This takes time, thus their decisions are released in the second wave.</p>
<p>i c… that makes sense.</p>
<p>I applied to only SCS, had strong stats (imo…), had an early blank line/application complete, and got rejected in the last wave, and still have not received my rejection letter yet (had to find out online).</p>
<p>I only applied to SCS, had an early blank line (2/12), and received my acceptance online today. In my case, it doesn’t seem like there was a correlation between how much time they spent evaluating my application and when the decision was sent.</p>
<p>That definitely makes sense, though. But whatever, so long CMU!</p>
<p>I applied to five colleges and my blank line appeared on the first day of blank lines - 02/12. Accepted into first 3. the last 2 were “canceled.”</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t think you can be accepted to more than three colleges. Once you hit the 3rd they stopped considering you for your 4th and 5th choices.</p>
<p>Im not sure. I applied to only one, leaving second and third choices blank. I was accepted in a more recent wave, never getting a blank line. It seems to me that I would have been done first, yet I found out only this morning at 12:35AM ish.</p>
<p>I applied to only one, and got my blank line pretty early. So for me that would work.</p>
<p>I got a blank line early, applied only to HSS, and got accepted in the first wave. :)</p>
<p>I like your theory.</p>
<p>I only applied to one and still haven’t heard :[</p>
<p>Have you checked online?</p>